Michael Zika of Lauru Land Conference of Tribal Community (LLCTC) canoes from Chivoko (an ICCA) to Taro, the main settlement on the weather coast of Lauru, Solomon Islands-- a journey of about 35km. Courtesy of James Hardcastle, 2007.

Mendha-Lekha is situated in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra State in India, famous for both its bio-diverse, dry deciduous forests as well as for the struggle of its tribal community towards self-rule.

The fishermen of eight villages in Casamance (Senegal) established in 2009 their “community conserved area”. Kawawana (a djola acronym for: “our ancestral patrimony we all wish to conserve”) has today restored their environment and livelihoods…